The ProLon Fasting-Mimicking Diet is a pre-packaged meal plan. It was developed after two decades of research done in Southern California and funded by the NIH. This 5-day fasting-mimicking diet is sold as a total meal plan by the creator Valter Longo, Ph.D. It’s a plant-based diet that is made […]
Dr. Kevin Gendreau watched his sister die because of cancer and he realized that she didn’t have a choice in health. But, he did. Thanks to intermittent fasting, Gendreau was able to lose 125 pounds. Unfortunately, Gendreau lost his 32-year-old sister to cancer and he watched her grow sicker and […]
According to a new study, fasting for 14 weeks and eating within a 10-hour window may help lower the chance for diabetes. Also known as intermittent fasting, fasting on several eating schedules has become quite the trend among numerous celebrities, including Jack Dorsey and Kourtney Kardashian, who swear by fasting […]
Three-day fasting can help regenerate the immunity and reverse damages done to it by chemotherapy, a research done by a team of researchers from the University of Southern California suggests. Even though fasting has not always been represented positively, this research points out the contrary- starving out the body may […]
Until recently, as noted on Huffington Post, experts believed that it was not possible for adults to grow new neurons. However, according to a TED Talk video with neuroscientist Sandrine Thuret, humans are capable of generating new brain cells through a process known as neurogenesis. What’s more, doing this has […]
As seen on CNN, ongoing research indicates that a calorie-controlled nutrition is not just good for the overall health, but it can prolong our lifespan too. Though the topic of controlling the intake of calories to better the health is not something new, researchers are hoping to be able to […]